When did judo become an Olympic sport? The art of judo derives from the ancient Japanese martial art of jiu-jitsu. The credit for the formal founding of Judo, which means “the gentle way,” goes to Dr.

Travis Stevens has the earned the United States’ first medal in men’s judo since 2004. The three-time Olympian earned silver in the men’s 81kg division after losing to Russia’s Khasan Khalmurzaev in ...

An action-packed Day 7 of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris saw 25 gold medals handed out. France's superstar swimmer Leon Marchand capped a historic week with his fourth gold medal, winning the 200m ...

The Sri Lanka Air Force [SLAF] Men’s Judo Team emerged overall champions in the Men’s Category at the 62nd National Judo ...

Christophe Gagliano has been named head coach of the French men's judo team ©FFJ Speaking to French newspaper L'Équipe, Gagliano revealed his intention to launch a review of the FFJ’s entire ...

PARIS, July 30 (Reuters) - Japan's Takanori Nagase retained the Olympic under 81kg judo title he won in Tokyo three years ago before Andreja Leski triumphed in the women's under 63kg final to hand ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Czech Lukas Krpalek won the Olympic gold medal in the men's judo +100 kg category on Friday, defeating Guram Tushishvili of Georgia in the final. Bronze medals went to Teddy Riner of ...

A roadmap to follow for the men’s and women’s judo tournaments during the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris. Athletes to watch Teddy Riner, France: The world’s most famous active judoka attempts to ...

PARIS -- Hidayat Heydarov of Azerbaijan won the gold medal in the men's under 73kg judo at the Paris Olympics on Monday. Joan-Benjamin Gaba of France took the silver, while Adil Osmanov of Moldova and ...

Chizuru Arai is the latest Japanese judoka to claim a medal at the Tokyo Olympics, a gold one at that, in the women's 70kg class. The No. 3 seeded Arai didn't even have to deal with No. 1 seed Sanne ...